Die Kartenmacher Aus Gotha

Soundtrack for a documentary by Otto Schuurman and Joachim Jäger

An 80-minute documentary about the (former Eastern) German Gotha Geographical-Cartographic Institute, about the foundation in 1785 by cartographer Justus Perthes, to being sold by then-owner Stephan Justus Perthes the 1990s.

The film includes interviews with Stephan Justus Perthes and former employees of the company, as well as a rich selection of archive material and animated topographic maps.